Act 2? What the hell is that

[.Esík]

I just beat all 3 bosses on part 1 and i was like damn, i want another 50 hours of this game, is Inscryption 2 already in development? This is so original card game. And then i went to part 2 and i dont even know if i ever felt this dissapointed. What the hell is that pixel art graphics and gameplay? Am i only one who think that this change is terrible and breaking the whole dark horror card game? Jeez i cant even play this anymore to see what part 3 is because it is boring as hell.

[StayPuftMM]

Originally posted by .Esík:

Am i only one who think that this change is terrible and breaking the whole dark horror card game?

No. We get people allergic to pixel art posting here to vent to strangers pretty regularly.

[Noahlibaba]

Mad

[RequiemsRose]

Each act is pretty different as far as the styles and environment. Act 3 goes back to a slightly more Act 1 style, but under different direction. The good news is that if you do find Act 2 boring, I'm pretty sure it's also the shortest act of the game. You wouldn't have to tough it out long to see what else lies ahead. If it turns out that Act 1 was about the only part you did like overall, there is also Kaycee's mod. Sort of the challenge mode for Act 1. Unfortunately it is a challenge mode, so some of the funner but more broken mechanics from the base game have been altered for better balance; which does mean the mod feels a bit different than the actual first act, but it does stay in the act ! style with those general mechanics, just tightened up a bit and expanded in other ways.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally posted by .Esík:

I just beat all 3 bosses on part 1 and i was like damn, i want another 50 hours of this game, is Inscryption 2 already in development? This is so original card game. And then i went to part 2 and i dont even know if i ever felt this dissapointed. What the hell is that pixel art graphics and gameplay? Am i only one who think that this change is terrible and breaking the whole dark horror card game? Jeez i cant even play this anymore to see what part 3 is because it is boring as hell.

Careful, the pixel art fanboys are going to rip you a new ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ over this one. I posted the same thing and got accused of "cOmInG hErE jUsT tO pOsT cOnTeNtIoUs OpInIoNs" by a bunch of halfwit teenagers. Steam forums exist for players to provide feedback on the game that they purchased and played, so this gatekeeping bullsh*t is just obnoxious and pathetic.

Nevermind that we paid $15-20 for a game that we expected to look like the screenshots and game trailers (none of which suggested a shift in art style, gameplay or tone). Yeah yeah, Dave Mulligan game, blah blah blah. Well, those of us that aren't constantly riding the d*cks of indie developers just assumed it'd be like 99% of other games: what is shown on the Steam store page.

It's a fun game and I enjoyed it overall, but don't even pretend like that isn't some degree of false advertising. It's not unreasonable to be upset about that, as not all of us are buying our games with mommy's credit card.

Originally posted by Garent:

Originally posted by .Esík:

Am i only one who think that this change is terrible and breaking the whole dark horror card game?

No. We get people allergic to pixel art posting here to vent to strangers pretty regularly.

Some of us just live in [current year] and are okay with not reliving the early days of gaming. Why do you get so butthurt over people having different preferences than you?

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

Each act is pretty different as far as the styles and environment. Act 3 goes back to a slightly more Act 1 style, but under different direction. The good news is that if you do find Act 2 boring, I'm pretty sure it's also the shortest act of the game. You wouldn't have to tough it out long to see what else lies ahead. If it turns out that Act 1 was about the only part you did like overall, there is also Kaycee's mod. Sort of the challenge mode for Act 1. Unfortunately it is a challenge mode, so some of the funner but more broken mechanics from the base game have been altered for better balance; which does mean the mod feels a bit different than the actual first act, but it does stay in the act ! style with those general mechanics, just tightened up a bit and expanded in other ways.

Act II was incredibly easy and was the shortest, thankfully. It nearly ruined the game for me, but I powered through it quickly. Act III was a vast improvement.

[Scyobi_Empire]

It sucks, that is what it is

[RequiemsRose]

I wont deny that act 2 was my least favorite as well, but I was still able to have some fun with it. Mostly I enjoyed the ability to build your deck exactly how you wanted even if you hoard cards like I love to, and the introduction of (using) the hammer. Love that hammer.

If you wanted some tips to help make act 2 go a bit easier/faster:

-Ouroboros is available in act 2 as well, and will still have any of the buffs applied from act 1. Visit the trader at leshy's cabin (when they dont want to murder you for story reasons) with 8 foils and boom, you have your instant win card back to steamroll this act with.

-The auto-complete deck builder does actually make decently balanced decks, not always in consideration of broken synergy exploitation but if you want to be lazy in this act instead of clever, its an option as long as you know the basic mechanics.

-Mycologists exist in act 2 as well, and may even have a surprise for you if visited enough in act 2. Related tip, the training dummy puzzle on the third (magic) island is the only infinitely repeatable battle in this act, so it is also your foil farm for goals like the mycologist cards.

-Finally, ouroboros is not the only way you can completely break and steamroll act 2 if you want to beat it quickly. If yours isn't very buffed or you otherwise want other options; stim mage + energy conduit and gourmage or bone heap with a variety of bone generating options like energy conduit with bone lord horn or tomb robber with necromancer are also options that allow you to buff cards to ridiculous extremes for foil farming and victory purposes.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

I wont deny that act 2 was my least favorite as well, but I was still able to have some fun with it. Mostly I enjoyed the ability to build your deck exactly how you wanted even if you hoard cards like I love to, and the introduction of (using) the hammer. Love that hammer.

If you wanted some tips to help make act 2 go a bit easier/faster:

-Ouroboros is available in act 2 as well, and will still have any of the buffs applied from act 1. Visit the trader at leshy's cabin (when they dont want to murder you for story reasons) with 8 foils and boom, you have your instant win card back to steamroll this act with.

-The auto-complete deck builder does actually make decently balanced decks, not always in consideration of broken synergy exploitation but if you want to be lazy in this act instead of clever, its an option as long as you know the basic mechanics.

-Mycologists exist in act 2 as well, and may even have a surprise for you if visited enough in act 2. Related tip, the training dummy puzzle on the third (magic) island is the only infinitely repeatable battle in this act, so it is also your foil farm for goals like the mycologist cards.

-Finally, ouroboros is not the only way you can completely break and steamroll act 2 if you want to beat it quickly. If yours isn't very buffed or you otherwise want other options; stim mage + energy conduit and gourmage or bone heap with a variety of bone generating options like energy conduit with bone lord horn or tomb robber with necromancer are also options that allow you to buff cards to ridiculous extremes for foil farming and victory purposes.

It was way too easy to make an OP deck in Act II that was able to beat out anything. Perhaps people had fun using the different styles of decks, but the basic animal cards were more than sufficient.

I stacked my deck with squirrels, wolf cubs, and 3-way mantises. Both wolf cubs and mantises were single cost cards, allowing you to do several points of direct damage very quickly and consistently. I never understood the appeal of building a complicated deck when you could just pick sacrifice cards and fully offensive cards, and beat literally every opponent in 2-3 turns.

[StayPuftMM]

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

I posted the same thing and got accused of "cOmInG hErE jUsT tO pOsT cOnTeNtIoUs OpInIoNs" by a bunch of halfwit teenagers. Steam forums exist for players to provide feedback on the game that they purchased and played, so this gatekeeping bullsh*t is just obnoxious and pathetic.

Sorry that happened to you. Where was it that a bunch of people ganged up on you?

That's not what steam forums are for though. These are steam forums, not Daniel Mullins forums.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally posted by Garent:

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

I posted the same thing and got accused of "cOmInG hErE jUsT tO pOsT cOnTeNtIoUs OpInIoNs" by a bunch of halfwit teenagers. Steam forums exist for players to provide feedback on the game that they purchased and played, so this gatekeeping bullsh*t is just obnoxious and pathetic.

Sorry that happened to you. Where was it that a bunch of people ganged up on you?

That's not what steam forums are for though. These are steam forums, not Daniel Mullins forums.

I hope English isn't your first language, because your reading comprehension is abysmal and that would just be embarrassing.

[StayPuftMM]

Sorry you're having a bad day. Take care of yourself.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally posted by Garent:

Sorry you're having a bad day. Take care of yourself.

Wishing you all the worst in the world :)

[VulpineMachine]

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

pixel art fanboys

Your lack of support for Act II doesn't automatically make someone who supports Act II a "fanboy" of anything. Your usage of ad hom here and all throughout does great discredit to your argument.

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

so this gatekeeping bullsh*t is just obnoxious and pathetic.

No gatekeeping here. You just don't like people ignoring your poorly articulated position.

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

Well, those of us that aren't constantly riding the d*cks of indie developers just assumed it'd be like 99% of other games: what is shown on the Steam store page.

I've never played a Dave Mulligan game. I play a wide range of indie and non indie games and yet somehow I figured out just by reading the stuff on the store page what I was in for. If y'all can't do your own due diligence then that's on you. Caveat Emptor and all that y'know? Also, do you really have to keep going with this ad hom? Sexual innuendo and all? Seriously? You're not making your point by being so rude. You're seriously undermining anything your trying to communicate. Your wording strikes me like that of someone who seeks to build a mob of people who were wronged so you can go and correct some injustice. Quite frankly it's juvenile and ridiculous.

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

. . . not all of us are buying our games with mommy's credit card.

Again with the insults. Yeah I've been financially independent for 20 years, but sure lets go with the play where you get to act older and speak ill of those younger to completely discredit them. Do you in the same day also turn around and complain about Boomers not taking you seriously while unironically posting material like this tearing people apart for their youth and inexperience in life? You realize that if you have maturity and rip someone apart for their lack of experience that doesn't make you a hero, that makes you a monster. If you are older and more mature than the people you disagree with, maybe set an example...or something more useful.

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

Some of us just live in [current year] and are okay with not reliving the early days of gaming.

We get it, you're very enlightened. The arrogance is...thrilling.

BTW, enjoying pixel art has nothing to do with enjoying the early days of gaming. Pixel art has developed as it's own medium and gone far and above it's roots. Just as 3D games have developed beyond theirs, and voxels, and so forth. And even if someone does want to relive the early days...well so what, let's guote you on that:

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

Why do you get so butthurt over people having different preferences than you?

Originally posted by Mad Hatter:

Act II was incredibly easy and was the shortest, thankfully. It nearly ruined the game for me, but I powered through it quickly. Act III was a vast improvement.

Act III is really very problematic. And it has nothing to do with the shift back away from pixel art. You need only look at, for example, the issue I came across (and started a thread about) where Act III can actually break the game and make it practically unplayable. That's not so with Act I and Act II. And y'know, it really just has nothing to do with art, it had to do with the mechanics.

You seem rather unpleasant. Perhaps you can convey your main point or two without all the insults so we can either see things from each other's perspective or "agree to disagree". Because right now, your just kind of seem to be shouting into the void and smacking anyone who disagrees with you on any point whatsoever.

[Radene]

I totally get you, OP. I totally do.

But it's that kind of game, yes. It pulls a sneaky on you halfway through. I personally don't mind, but I can understand people who do.

To me, that's just a fact, a state of affairs. It's what this game is; it's a sneaky one. Some people think that's "clever". Not sure why, but in the end, it's the way it is, the way it was designed. If you don't like it, stop playing it and start playing something you do like - you can't really do anything else than that.

But I get why you're annoyed. Nobody likes to have wool pulled over their eyes.

Originally posted by VulpineMachine:

No gatekeeping here. You just don't like people ignoring your poorly articulated position.

"Articulation" is not a prerequisite for something being worth considering. But don't listen to me, I'm sure there's a bunch of motivational speakers around who'd love to sell us all some snake oil in a very articulate manner. They may even use a big word such as "indubitably" now and then.

[Grim]

Originally posted by Radene:

But I get why you're annoyed. Nobody likes to have wool pulled over their eyes.

Aren't there about a million novels, movies and video games with twist endings that pointedly prove this wrong?

[StayPuftMM]

They just don't like the graphic style change. It's not any more complicated than that.